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 4700 Keele Street
 Toronto, ON.
 M3J 1P3
 416-650-8199

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EVENT

Winters Fellow Priscila Uppal has been appointed Poet in Residence for the Vancouver Olympics!

Her appointment restores a tradition of setting athletic accomplishment in poetry originating in the Fifth Century BC.

Hurray for Uppal!

She will be reading from her latest book, Traumatology, in Founders on the 10th. Details►

 

9 February

@ 11:30-5pm

 

 

Vocal Masterclass with Bruce Ubukata

Feb 9, 2010, 11:30am-5pm

Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 112 Accolade East Building

 

@ 11:30 Details

Tuesday

9 February

@ 12

McLaughlin College

 

McLaughlin

College

Thomas Wilson

"The Public Funding of Religious Based Schools in Ontario and Canada"

@12 Senior Common Room 140 McLaughlin College

Details►

9 February

@ 12:30pm

 

Jazz at Noon: Barry Romberg

Random Access:
Barry Romberg – drums
Kelly Jefferson –  saxophones
Kevin Turcotte – trumpet
Rich Brown – rhythm section

 

Martin Family Lounge, 219 Accolade East Building

@ 12:30 Details

Thursday

10 February

@11:30-1

Founders

College

A Lunchtime Literary Reading & Book Launch by Award-Winning York Authors

Priscila Uppal

Patricia Keeney

Jennifer Duncan

11:30-1 Senior Common Room, 305 Founders College

Details►

Wednesday

10 February

@Noon

cap

 

The Community Arts Practice Certificate invites you to join us for a screening of John Greyson's acclaimed film FIG TREES on Wednesday February 10th at noon in the Nat Taylor Cinema (Ross N102). This is the second in our screening series "Documenting Community, Art and Activism".  Details►

 

Wednesday

10 February

@2:30

 

Bethune

College

Gil Adamson

 

Award-winning author and poet , an International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award nominee for her first novel The Outlander, will be reading on Wednesday 10 February from 2:30 to 4:30pm in the Paul Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College.

Details►

10 February

@ 3:30pm

Norma Sue Fisher Stitt

"Ethics in Dance"

@ 3:30 McLean Performance Studio, 244 Accolade East Building- Details►

Thursday

11 February

@ 12

McLaughlin College

 

 

McLaughlin

College

 

Richard W. Phidd

"Meeting The Challenge: Potential Contribution to Public Management & Policy-Making Initiatives at York, 2010 and Beyond"

@12 Senior Common Room 140 McLaughlin College

Details►

11 February

@ 1-4pm

 

Inaugural Selma Odom Lecture: "Dance and masculinity"

The inaugural Selma Odom Lecture in York’s Department of Dance investigates gender stereotypes in dance with a four-part presentation titled Dance and Masculinity in the Worlds of Ballet, Bharatanatyam, Belly Dance and Minstrelsy.

@1-4pm in the McLean Performance Studio, 244 Accolade East Building Details

11 February

@4pm

 

Performing Diaspora 2010

 

 

YORKGATE MALL PERFORMANCE

York University Gospel Choir

with Karen Burke

This exciting presentation by members of the York

University Gospel Choir, under the direction of Karen

Burke, promises to uplift and educate. Along with musical

performances backed by Toronto-based musicians, there

will be ample opportunity for audience participation and

Q&A with the artists. Details►

 

11 February

@7pm

 

Winters banner

 

INTERCUT

AN EVENING OF STAGED SCRIPT READINGS

Come on out & watch York’s finest screenwriters & actors at work on their own exciting projects!

Thursday, February 11th 7pm- Senior Common Room- 021 Winters College-Reception with light refreshments to follow.

Details►                 Poster►

12  February

Telling Tales downtown

Undergraduate theatre students in Professor Judith Rudakoff’s playwriting class have been invited to reprise performances of short monologues they created last semester, at two public events in downtown Toronto.

Details►

Sunday

14 February

 

Introduction

@ 7:15

Concert @ 8

 

 

 

Chinese New Year / Valentine’s Day

William Lau, dancer (and Winters' alumnus)
Beverley Johnston, percussion
NMC Ensemble
Robert Aitken, flute & direction

Sunday February 14, 2010
Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street

Details►

20 February

@8pm

 

Performing Diaspora 2010

 

FEATURE CONCERT

Amoy Levy and

Nicole Sinclair-Anderson

Amoy Levy and Nicole Sinclair-Anderson will bring you to your feet in an evening filled with lifted spirits and high energy. Both artists will be backed by a band led by drummer, Larnell Lewis: an accomplished young

musician who is well-regarded in Toronto’s Gospel and Jazz communities.

Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building

@ 8pm.  Details►

Monday

22 February

@ 2:30

Vanier

College

Professor Modupe Olaogun

"Educating “Emma”: Stories to Pass on from the Late Slavery Era in the Niger Area"

Monday Feb. 22, @ 2:30pm

Renaissance Room, 001 Vanier College

Details►

Tuesday

23 February

@1 pm

Faculty of

Education

Dr. Elana Nardi

 

"University Mathematicians’ Perceptions of Teaching and Student Learning"

1-2pm Senior Common Room 021 Winters College

Details

Tuesday

23 February

2:00-3:00

 

Calumet College

 

 

Dr. Harvey Skinner "First Health, Then Medicine: A Prescription for Personal Health and our Healthcare System"

Tuesday, February 23 @ 2:00 to 3:00 PM in 214 Calumet College

RSVP by February 22 to smiceli@yorku.ca

Details►

Wednesday

24 February

@ 12:30

Music at Midday: New Works by Young Composers

Music students showcase their original compositions.

Admission is free. Everyone welcome.

@ 12:30 Room 237, Accolade East Building  Details►

24 February

@4 pm

 

Performing Diaspora 2010

The Voice in Gospel MUSIC

Workings of the Spirit: Womanist Influence

and the Gospel Aesthetics of Shirley Caesar with

DR. Brooksie Harrington

York Lanes, 2nd Floor, Room 280 N. @4

Master Class @ 5:30 Accolade East Building, Room 245

Details►

Tuesday

2 March

2:00-3:00

 

Calumet College

DR. ALTHEA PRINCE

" The Politics of Black Women's Hair"

Tuesday, March 2, @ 2:00 to 3:00 PM in 214 Calumet College

RSVP by March 22 to  smiceli@yorku.ca

Details►

2-3 March

10am-6pm

Winters College Flea Market

Tuesday, Wednesday March 2 and 3 10am-6pm

Junior Common Room, Winters College

Proceeds will go to the Winters College Life Fund.

  Donations►       

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Continuing Events

Winters bannerYou & I

and Haiti

Privileges and Obligations in the Winters College and York Community: an  Occasion for Urgent Action

6-10 February

1:00-3:30

The Ashley Plays: Site-Specific Devised Theatre

The plays are performed at locations throughout the Faculty of Fine Arts

Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, 139 Centre for Film & Theatre

Details►

Monday -

Thursday

 8-11 February

 

 

Multi Cultural Week 2010 @ Yorku. ca

“Represent Culture, Celebrate Freedom”

Monday 8 February to Thursday 11 February

Events►

 8-12 February

10:00-4:30

 

 

Exhibition -

Jessica Thalmann: that's not the way she was at all

Gales Gallery, 105 Accolade West Building

Monday to Friday from 10am to 4:30pm

Closing Reception: Thursday, Feb. 11 from 6 to 9pm Details►

 9-12 February

 

Theatre @ York’s playGround  2010

 

 Eleven original plays, plus excerpts from three other new works, will be presented in two dynamic programs running Feb. 9 to 12, in the Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, 139 Centre for Film & Theatre.

 

Details

Deadline Friday

5 February

@ 4 pm

 

Stong

College

 

Deadline

Friday

26 February

@ 4 pm

The Kent Haworth Playwriting Contest

Stong College

Registration Deadline: Friday 5 February 2010 @ 4 pm

Submission Deadline: Friday 26 February 2010 @ 4 pm

Details►

In the Colleges  

 

DATE

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RECENT EVENTS

8 February

@ 3 pm

Suzanne de Castell

 "One Code to Rule Them All: Digital Ties and Bindings"

Play:CES Lab, 2001 TEL Building

Details

31 January-

5 February

 

The International Research Film Festival:

Slavery, Memory, Heritage, and Contemporary Forms.
31 January-5 February 2010
The Nat Taylor Cinema and 280 N. York Lanes
All screenings are free of charge. Details►

 

3-6 February

 

Vanier

College

 

Vanier College Productions Presents Radio 10 Live Festival

  • A Mouthful: Written by Ellen Ross Stuart, directed by Ross Stuart and assistant directed by Reut Shilton.
  • Victor Tchaikovsk and the Cave of Riddles: Written by Eric Hopkins and directed by Joel Pettigrew.
  • Androgyno: Written by Robbie Woods and directed by Manuela Nudo.
  • Feb 3, 2010 to Feb 6, 2010, 8pm-10:30pm Details►

4 February

@ 12:30pm

 

Journey to the Centre of Life
A Musical Journey of Self Discovery

Explore the positive and transformational power of music.

Concept and musical program by Catherine Wilson.

 

Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 112 Accolade East Building

@ 12:30 Details

Thursday

4 February

@2:30

Founders

College

 

 

A Reading by Anusree Roy:

 

"Pyaasa and Letters to My Grandma"

2:30-4pm 114 Founders College

 

Details

Thursday

4 February

@ 4 pm

 

Stong

College

Edgar Nkosi White comes to York


“Trance: Langston Hughes in Translation” 
Thursday, February 4 Samuel Beckett Theatre 
112 Stong College 2:30 – 4 pm 
Details

 

Wednesday

3 February

 

Vanier

College

For Students

in

FLA&PS

"How to Select your Programme"

 

Dan Rothnie and Ryan Bouchard from LA&PS

2:30 Renaissance Room, 010 Vanier College

Details

Tuesday

2 February

@ 12:30

Music at Midday: New Works by Young Composers

Music students showcase their original compositions.

Admission is free. Everyone welcome.

@ 12:30 Room 237, Accolade East Building  Details►

Tuesday

2 February

 

Founders

College

Intellectuals

&

Society

"The Myth of Universal Human Rights"

David N. Stamos

2:30-4:30 Senior Common Room, 305 Founders College

 Details►

2 February

@ 2:30pm

 

Daniel Lichti

 

Franz Schubert's Die Winterreise

Accompanied by pianist Leslie De’Ath

Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 112 Accolade East Building

 

@ 2:30 Details

2 February

@ 7:30pm

 

Michael Coghlan

A selection of four short piano solos from a suite of more than 30 such compositions that he has written, collectively called Travel Postcards. Inspired by a place he has visited or a postcard he has seen, these musical vignettes present aural snapshots of Vancouver, Hollywood 1937, Varadero and Eagle Beach.

Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 112 Accolade East Building

@ 7:30 Details

 

2 February

@ 2:30pm

Communication

Studies

Event: Learn How You Can Be a Generalist Writer

       Workshop with Guest Speaker: Beth Agnew

WHEN: Tuesday, February 2, 2010

WHERE: 307 Student Centre

TIME: 2:30 pm to 4 pm

This event is brought to you by the Writing & Publishing Committee on the Communication Studies Students' Association. Admission is $2 for non-CSSA members.

For more information, visit our Facebook page:

Winters bannerYou & I

and Haiti

Winters College Council is supporting the York Federation of Students Help Haiti campaign. Their goal is to raise $15,000 by Friday January 29th for Doctors without Borders. WCC is pledging to match every dollar raised by the Winters Community up to a minimum of $500. We will be collecting summer clothes, no bathing suits or undergarments, in the CFT from 1-2 Tuesday-Friday, or the Winters College Council office Mon-Thurs. Every penny counts. For more information on the doctor’s without borders visit www.msf.ca  

30January

@ 11am-6pm

Connect/Re-Connect in the Faculty of Fine Arts:

An Invitation to Fine Arts Students

Join us at Connect/Re-Connect to meet successful alumni and engage in meaningful conversation about creating careers and community in arts and culture.

Details Registration►

30 January

Winters banner 

 Amanda McCavour

 

Amanda McCavour  on display-

Winters Alumna and past curator of EWAG Amanda McCavour will be on display in work and in person at three events at the end of January.

Details

 

30 January

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Saturdays

NEED VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE?

Want to Learn Martial Arts

FOR FREE?! 

Volunteer for the innovative L.E.A.D. Program 

Details

 

27 January

&

29 January

@ 7-9pm

Penumbra MFA Dance Thesis Concert

Jan 27, 2010 to Jan 29, 2010, 7pm-9pm

Details

January 6-29

 

Stong

College

 

Confluences

Wednesday, January 6 - Friday, January 29

Samuel J. Zacks Gallery presents the artists of Confluences.  Chris Domanski, Peter W. and Vlasta Svoboda.  This show opens on Wednesday, January 6th and runs until Friday, January 29th, 2010.

Wednesday

27 January

Winters banner 

@ 2:30

Steve Sanguedolce: Dead Time

A film Screening: Wednesday, January 27th @ 2:30 

Senior Common Room 021 Winters College

Details►

Burns Night

25 January

@ McLaughlin College►

and

@Stong College

Winters banner   Other past events
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Honours and Passings

Winters Fellow Priscila Uppal has been appointed Poet in Residence for the Vancouver Olympics!

Her appointment restores a tradition of setting athletic accomplishment in poetry originating in the Fifth Century BC.

Hurray for Uppal!

York history Professor Paul Lovejoy, Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History, is a recipient of the Research Merit Award. As director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, Lovejoy is a leading scholar who has pioneered the study of the history and dynamics of the African diaspora from an African perspective.

Y-File

Anna Friz

in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture has received a Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship for her thesis The Dream Life of Radio. Details

Frank Zingone

1933-2009

Frank Zingone, one of the "Founding Fathers" in Communication Studies, died on Sunday 13 December.  Fittingly a funeral mass for Prof. Zingone was celebrated at Holy Rosary church in Toronto from which his mentor Marshall McLuhan was also buried many years ago.

   

 

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